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Abp. Rummel in pastoral letter The Morality of Racial Segregation (1956):
"Racial segregation as such is morally wrong and sinful because it is a denial of the unity and solidarity of the human race as conceived by God in the creation of Adam and Eve."
Desegregation of New Orleans Catholic schools
September 4, 1962
The opening of integrated Catholic schools at the beginning of the 1962 school year was the culmination of a long battle between proponents of desegregation, led by Archbishop Joseph Rummel, and its many ardent opponents, including three local Catholic activists whom Rummel excommunicated.
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